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A nuno sa punso ("old man of the mound"), or simply nuno ("old man" or "grandparent" "ancestor"), is a dwarf-like nature spirit in Philippine mythology. It is believed to live in an anthill or termite mound, hence its name, literally 'Ancestor/Grandparent living in the anthill'.
Idlirvirissong is a demonic, evil spirit [2] [3] usually depicted as a clown, [4] with a nose "turned up on the side." Idlirvirissong owns many dogs, and together with them Idlirvirissong lives in a house in the sky, where she awaits the arrival of the newly deceased. [ 5 ]
Loo-errn, spirit ancestor and guardian of the Brataualung people; Nargun, fierce half-human, half-stone creature of Gunai legend; Thinan-malkia, evil spirit who captures victims with nets that entangle their feet; Tiddalik, frog of southeast Australian legend who drank all the water in the land, and had to be made to laugh to regurgitate it
Images created for magical purposes, sometimes attributed as signatures of demons, angels, and other beings. Sigil of Lucifer: Grimorium Verum: A sigil used in rituals invoking Lucifer, first recorded in the 18th-century True Grimoire.
Samca, an evil spirit, said to curse children and pregnant women with illness; Spiriduş, a domestic spirit/familiar that when summoned, acts as an intermediate between the devil and the master of the home; Stafie, spirits of the dead who are bound to a place in which they lived in life; a poltergeist
The sheyd Ashmodai (אַשְמְדּאָי) in birdlike form, with typical rooster feet, as depicted in Compendium rarissimum totius Artis Magicae, 1775 Child sacrifice to the sheyd Molekh (מֹלֶךְ), showing the typical depiction of the Ammonite deity Moloch of the Old Testament in medieval and modern sources (illustration by Charles Foster for Bible Pictures and What They Teach Us, 1897)
In Nguni mythology, the tokoloshe, tikoloshe, tikolosh, tonkolosh, tonkolosi, tokolotshe, thokolosi, or hili is a dwarf-like water spirit. It is a mischievous and evil spirit that can become invisible by drinking water or swallowing a stone. Tokoloshes are called upon by malevolent people to cause trouble for others.
Jazz was often called the Devil's music by its critics in the 1920s. [3]The Rolling Stones' "Sympathy for the Devil" (1968) features Mick Jagger speaking as the Devil. "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" (1979) by the Charlie Daniels Band was the first modern popular song to feature a battle between the devil and a musician.